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Dale and Karin Paul 's F-28CC Sera Luna on Lake Tahoe Photo Kevin Gammel |
On-The-Beach-BBQ: The On-The-Beach Pot Luck BBQ will be the afternoon of July 3rd, at the western end of Emerald Bay, across the creek from Vikingsholm.
Fireworks: That is the real reason
we're all coming, right? July 4 at South Lake Tahoe
and at Tahoe City; July 5 at Homewood; dates
undetermined at Kings
Beach and Incline Village (maybe the 3rd or 5th).
South Lake Tahoe is obviously much closer
to Emerald Bay. It usually has a somewhat more extravagant show than
Tahoe City (although theirs is no slouch by any standards!). The
downside is that everyone in the world who has access to a boat will be
out there with you. Plan to fend off all evening, OR...go shallow:
This year, I intend to arrive in the afternoon, raise the board &
rudder, motor in close to the beach - to 24" or less depth (soft sand
bottom here), and anchor - for the night. We'll BBQ, drink, watch
the fireworks from a front row seat (can you spell "visceral", boys and
girls?), drink, shake the ashes out of our hair, drink, and drift off to
sleep while the rest of the world is playing bumper cars out on the lake.
The water is very shallow for several hundred yards offshore all
along the south shore. This, and the southerly/
southwesterly winds in this area, make for some comfortably warm, usually
flat water. Pup-tents on the nets become less of a survival thing,
and evening breezes can be quite balmy. Usually.
Homewood: The July 5 fireworks show at Homewood is downright cozy by comparison, and great fun for that very reason. Anchor just outside the buoy fields or just drift offshore if beyond anchoring depth.
There will be a group boat (or two) to visit the South Shore Fireworks Display on Thursday, July 4th.
-Christopher Harvey
Poker Run: I am still working on a the "Poker Run".
-Christopher Harvey